Fucci-expressing HCT116 were inoculated into subcutaneous tissue or cecum of NOD/SCID mice. Four weeks after inoculation, Fucci green (mAG; S/G2/M) and red (mKO2;G1) expressing cells were isolated from implanted tumors by FACSAria sorting (BD, Biosciences). Comparative analyses among green and red c...
Kojic acid is produced in large amounts by Aspergillus oryzae as a secondary metabolite and is widely used in the cosmetic industry. Glucose can be converted to kojic acid, perhaps by only a few steps, but no genes for the conversion have thus far been revealed. Using a DNA microarray, gene expressi...
To compare gene expression in labial salivary glands (LSG) of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) with SjM-CM-6grenM-bM-^@M-^Ys syndrome (SS). Gene expression was analyzed by DNA microarray in LSG of IgG4-RD (n=5), SS (n=5), and healthy controls (n=3). Differentially expressed genes...
In previous in vitro study, we reported potential mechanism of cholesterol-lowering effect of Lactobacillus brevis119-2 (119-2) isolated from turnip M-bM-^@M-^\Tsuda kabuM-bM-^@M-^] is due to incorporation of cholesterol into 119-2 cell. In this study, we analyzed serum cholesterol and hepatic gene ...
To evaluate the effect of M-NM-2-cryptoxanthin on diet-induced NASH, we fed a high-cholesterol and high-fat diet (CL diet) with or without 0.003% M-NM-2-cryptoxanthin to C56BL/6J mice for 12 weeks. After feeding, M-NM-2-cryptoxanthin attenuated fat accumulation, increases in Kupffer and activated st...
Kidneys are enlarged by aberrant proliferation of tubule epithelial cells leading to the formation of numerous cysts, nephron loss, and interstitial fibrosis in polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Pioglitazone (PIO), a PPAR-M-NM-3 agonist, decreased cell proliferation, interstitial fibrosis and inflamm...
